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Tuesdays with Dani: Post-ASG Links
It's been a week without hockey. I'm not sure how you got through it, but personally I watched hours upon hours of glorious tennis, but there was still this nagging feeling of something missing. If you did catch the skills competition, perhaps you caught Steven Stamkos going three for three on the...
In Praise of the Finns
Those of you who listened to me babble my way through the World Junior Championships know I have a fondness for Finnish hockey. It was recently brought home to me that some people--I'm not naming any names, but you know who you are--don't quite have a proper grasp on the subject. And so, since no...
Deck shuffle; Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens preview
WHERE: Bell Centre, Montreal, QuebecWHEN: 7 PM EST | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 970 WFLA (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Habs Eyes on the Prize, All Habs Friday was a day of hardships, change, renewals and resumptions for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The following is a summary...
Lokomotiv Will Play in 2011-12; Memorial Service on Saturday
A significant amount of news has been decided upon in the wake of the tragedy. The KHL season is officially postponed until Monday, Sept. 12. The games that were to take place from yesterday's opener through Sunday will be made up at a later date. This is being done to allow players and league...
It's Time to Mourn Before We Play Again
I spent the evening at a charity dinner here in Saskatoon, and while it helped me get my mind off the tragedy that consumed my thoughts during the day, it also gave me a bit of separation from the non-stop, horrid accounts that made it seem like the end of hockey in the area, and possibly the KHL...
List of Passengers On Board Fatal Yak-42 Flight
An official listing of the passengers on board the flight that killed nearly the entire KHL club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (team logo on right) has been released. Investigation into the flight and aircraft is being conducted, and this story will play itself out in the coming weeks and months. The KHL...
Plane Carrying Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Crashes, Entire Team Killed
This is really tough to write about. Reports say at least 40 people of 42 total passengers have died in a horrific plane crash in Yaroslavl, Russia. The plane crashed just 2 km after takeoff, and was en route to Minsk, Belarus. The plane was carrying the entire KHL team Lokomotiv who were going...
KHL's Lokomotiv lost to plane crash
While we're supposed to be covering the Tampa Bay Lightning and the National Hockey League, a tragedy has occured in the Kontinental Hockey League today. Another tragedy in the ice hockey world that has already felt too much loss this summer. This story is breaking, but the entire Lokomotive...
2011-12 KHL Season Begins with Cup Rematch
Well, the pre-season activity is now over, and we're staring down a 672 game regular season schedule for Europe and Asia's top professional hockey league. The KHL is back up to 24 franchises, avoiding a team failure for the first offseason while adding a new expansion market in Poprad,...
How Good is the KHL?
There has been some notable shifts in the balance of European hockey in the past half decade, and the emergence of the Kontinental Hockey League is front and centre in that. So how exactly has it changed the power structure of the various leagues? I've decided to go through the statistical...
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